Thea"You knew?" My voice comes out as a whisper, yet it's filled with disbelief and surprise when I shake my head, wondering if I have heard anything wrong. "You knew all that time?"John pauses for a couple of seconds before he lowers his eyes, letting out a deep sigh. He doesn't respond. And with every passing second of his silence irks me, makes me fum in immense anger. What was he doing the whole time when he got to know that bitch has set her eyes on him? He continued to keep her in my house and let her go near my kids. And he didn't even find it better to let me know. "John! I'm asking you something", my voice booms around the house as his eyes roam around. "There's no need to scream in front of a bunch of servants!" He grunts his teeth. "I always make sure I'm not hurting your sentiments in front of anyone. Shouldn't you be doing the same?"There's harshness in his voice this time. And I regret doing so while I also notice the cleaners looking at us. I look away and grab th
TheaIt's been a while since the ugly fight we had. I feel miserable. Slumping onto the couch and looking up at the ceiling, I spend the entire afternoon. John didn't show up downstairs after that. Ryan and Kevin came back home but I didn't see Tiffany coming inside. I didn't talk to them but I overheard them talking about her. She dropped them at the gate and went somewhere. Good for her. I hope she's gone for good. I'll prefer not to see her face at all after knowing she had been lusting over my husband. Nonetheless, I feel awful after that heated argument with John. I should have controlled myself. He has never been so disgusted and annoyed after any argument we had. I know the reason. This time, I brought up the kids. I literally compare myself with them. I don't know how that thing came up inside my head. I should have shut my mouth. However, it's not like I didn't mean that. I definitely meant that. He is always biased towards the kids and I know if anytime he has to choose bet
Christian"Mama, can I go to school tomorrow?" Chrissie requests folding her lips after she's tired of ranting about how much happy she is to be back at home. She has been squealing and hopping all the time and it makes me delighted to see her finally recovering. It's gonna take her a couple of more months. According to Dr Decker, four to six months will be enough to know if she has gotten rid of cancer. Her remission journey will begin from then. I can't wait to finally watch her living like any normal child. I smile at her, sitting on the couch while going through the weekly reports sent by Nicole. Chrissie wriggles up her face as if she can already assume Ivanna is gonna decline it. Ivanna turns to her while putting the clothes back inside the closet. "Chrissie, I told you, no school for a few months, baby"Chrissie lowers her eyes, saddened. Even though I hate to see her getting upset, I hardly interrupt her and Ivanna. "I miss my friends, mama. I wanna play with them", she
TheaI'm waiting, lying on the bed, staring at the ceiling for a couple of hours now. It's 11 of the night. I asked the maid to bring my dinner over here. But I could hardly eat. The whole day has gone like a stress coaster for me. I don't know what's freaking me out right now. Christian's stupid lawsuit? Tiffany's mysterious warning? Or John's anger?When I came to the room, I couldn't find him over there. One of the servants said, he was in his study room and asked him not to disturb him. I thought of going there a couple of times but dropped the idea. I should let him cool down a bit. I'm careful enough right now. And I'll have to be careful with him after this. When I'm struggling to figure out what's freaking me out, a thought crosses my mind. Of course, I'm freaking out because John is angry with me and he can have such thoughts like I'm selfish or so on. Because the other two things are related to this one. As long as John is with me, I don't have to be concerned about an
Ivanna"When will I stop coming here?" Chrisanna crosses her arms on her chest as I park the car in the parking lot. I smile at her, open my seatbelt and proceed to open hers."Just a few more months, baby!" I tell her, smiling. It feels so good to say something new to her.Every time she used to ask such a question, I used to give her the same answer over and over. SOON. I could never have a new and sure answer to it. Now, I can say. A few months. A few days. There's not only hope but also assurance and confidence in my voice. "Months!" She exclaims, making an even sadder face. "Yes", I touch her chin and kiss gently on her right cheek. She stares at me for a couple of seconds then gives a wider smile. She must have felt the same assurance in my smile that I could never give her before. She could possibly realise the doubts and sadness in our words. "I'll be patient enough", she says and immediately bites her tongue. "Aha! I don't wanna be patient anymore. Like sick people pat
ChristianI wash Chrisanna's hands and come out of the washroom, carrying her. "Paa, who's that grumpy kid you were talking about?" She asks curiously. I didn't have an answer ready for her so I roll my eyes, clearing my throat. There's no way I can tell her that Samuel is Emily's son. She's gonna have a lot of questions and I don't have simple answers to them. "He's just a kid", I say. "My colleague's son""Oh!" She looks around. "I'm not getting any more syri, am I?" She asks."No", I smile at her, walking back to the reception. Samuel is sitting in the lounge, hanging his head as usual. It's hard to see a kid not smiling at all. At least, I have never seen him smiling around. The caretakers say he's silent most of the time. Either he's silent, or he's violent. There's no in-between. It took me enough time to make him speak and convince him to come over here. I take Chrisanna towards the lounge and plop her on the couch beside him. "Here you go. I hope you didn't get bored, Sa
ChristianSamuel gives her a death stare. "Alright! We should focus on the movie now, I guess", I say, dragging Samuel to the couch to my other side. As I resume the video, Annalyn comes over there. "Good morning!" She greets me with a huge smile, then looks at Chrisanna. "So glad to see you again, Chrisanna. How are you?""I'm good", Chrissie smiles. "Well, is Dr Michael already here?" I ask. "Yeah. Actually, he sent me to call you. Before the checkup, he wants to talk to you", she says."Okay", I look at both sides. "But these two are alone over here. Can you watch them over until I come back?"She hesitantly shrugs. "Um— sorry, Mr Scott. I'm on shift and I have to report to a patient's room right now"I look down at them hesitantly. "I'm not going anywhere", Samuel says. "I'll wait"His voice is much more relaxed and sincere now. "Okay. But still—" my eyes go to Chrissie. "If she doesn't annoy me, I can watch over her too", he says, throwing her an as-usual grumpy look. I
TiffanyI pause outside John's study room while staring at the knob, rethinking if I should go inside or not. I don't want Thea to find this out and create another ruckus. Honestly, I don't have any intention of stealing her husband but she just thinks all the women on this earth are nasty and evil like her. I just want to make sure John didn't misunderstand anything yesterday. I don't know what he thinks about it.Did he think I did all this deliberately? Confessing my feelings out of the blue? I never told him. And never intentionally try to hint at anything. I have given a decade of my life to Ryan and Kevin. And at this point, I'm just scared of losing them. I know Thea well. She even knows that I will never do anything to tear her and John apart. It's just that she can't digest how worse she is than me. Whenever she feels like someone is better than her, she's just insecure.She'll do every possible thing to throw me out of this villa. And it's not hard for her to manipulate
JohnGetting married in the 50s isn't that strange anymore. But for me, it was— for a man who believed his marriage would last forever and then believed he would never marry again. I stood before the mirror as Ryan helped other groomsmen with their last fit."You all look pretty handsome. Ready to leave. But I wish Kevin had that time to get a good fit. Your suit sucks!""I feel better anyway", Kevin snarls. I chuckle while fixing my bow tie, watching my sons in their 20s still fighting like toddlers. It's been a blessing for me to have a family which didn't break even after the biggest disaster. And maybe it was because, in our family, it had always been us. Me and my two boys. Their mother wasn't there. The death was just a formality. I didn't really change that much. My boys were happier than ever after she died. It's really mean of me to think that way but it was the truth. They were traumatised because they were kids. As they grew up, I realised they had a better and healthier
It's been a while since I updated this book. However, I have delayed letting you know that I'm writing a book on Samuel and Chrisanna titled "Dispute Marriage" You'll find it on my goodnovel profile. This book is a bit different from others which don't have a forced marriage trope or any abusive family since you are already familiar with both families.The story revolves around two childhood friends Samuel and Chrisanna and their sudden marriage after Samuel disappears from Chrisanna's life for eight years. The book deals with heavy mental issues and a dark past. Slow burn. Please give that book a try and let me know if you like it. And I would like to know if you would want a short portion of John and Georgia's story or a direct epilogue to close the book.
Tiffany Emery runs to Sebastian. "Da—dy"And he immediately drives his eyes down and takes her in his arms. They both look at me lovingly. Now, I don't feel bad about pushing the wedding. This feeling would not be the same if we got married before Emery came. Ryan and Kevin walk beside me to the aisle. I wanted them to do this honour because if there's anyone in this world I still love more than Sebastian and Emery, My eyes become teary as I walk to them. Sebastian spreads his arm at me and I immediately dig into his chest.He leans closer to my ear."My beautiful bride"I smile against his chest and look up. He takes my hand and leads me to the centre. I take a look at every one. John, Mr Ryder, Gary, Myra, Christian, Ivanna and the recent teenager Chrisanna. Everything feels so complete and beautiful. Mr Ryder comes and takes Emery from Sebastian even though she doesn't wanna go. With the pastor's words, Sebastian and I looked into each other's eyes deeply. "I, Sebastian Ry
TiffanyI can't figure out how to react and what it's all about because I don't wanna assume anything unreasonable. He's on his knees with a damn ring.It means— God! I can't— comprehend it. My eyes flutter open at his handsome face. No words come out of my mouth. I'm at a loss of words."I know you're shocked! And I'm sorry if I scared you with this sudden—" he doesn't complete, yet keeps his eyes straight into mine. "But I couldn't keep this longer inside me, Tiffany. I had known a long time ago that I needed you in my life. Forever! And I'm not scared to ask you that—"With that pause, my heartbeat stops and my entire body shivers when I wait for him to complete."Will you marry me?" I feel goosebumps littering all over me with those words. Did he really ask me for marriage? It takes me a while to process. His eyes are full of fear and hope and I'm left in shock. Never in my wildest dreams, I had imagined he would propose to me. I hear some people around cheering up and root
TiffanyTime indeed flies like air and it happened in my case in a better way. In the best way, actually. I started my job in the daycare centre with all the lovely kids around which made my life less monotonous after Ryan and Kevin left. They are doing good in their new school and John has also settled into his new office over there. I and Sebastian balanced our life beautifully, supporting each other. As days and weeks passed, our love grew stronger. Among everything, I was happy with the fact that I have my identity now. A good identity. My salary doubled in just three months after joining for my good service and the way all the kids related to me. In a year, I was promoted to manager of the daycare centre, life couldn't be any less beautiful. It's been two years, I and Sebastian are together and we are living our best life. We hardly argued and most of the time it was just silly. He loves to tease me and I go along with it. Sebastian has become the most demanding lawyer in the
TiffanyWe spent the last two days painting the house and I can't describe how beautiful it came out. We did some changes like replacing the furniture and donating some. If everything goes well, I'll be here in less than three days.John has finished all the preparations in Hong Kong and he's leaving the day after we decided to move in. It all happened so fast but I'm glad that John is recovering. It's been eight months since the tragedy and I know it's gonna take years for him to overcome this. I'm happy for him but I would be happier if there was any chance that he finds someone to love him as much as all of us found a person to love.It sucks and I hate the fact that all his life he never found someone like that.I and Sebastian carry the portrayal I had in my room for years. It's a huge one and Sebastian suggested we should place it in the living room because it's beautiful. It's a painting I got from an art summit years back, featuring a mother and her small daughter, surviving
Sebastian"Really, Sebastian? I have never seen you this excited before", Georgia says as I show her some themes I'm confused with and I end up telling her the whole plan. "Isn't it something to be excited about?" I blurt out. "She's moving in with me. Isn't it amazing? People can't even go past dating and we are really moving in!" I tell her and she smiles wider, sitting in front of my desk."That's true", she says. "I'm just wondering what you would do once you guys announce the marriage!" she laughs but on a serious note, it makes my heart stop for a while.She pauses, looking at me. "Sorry. I should not have said that?"I chuckle. "Nah! Nothing like that. I just spaced out when you talked about marriage""Ah! So, that means you're thinking about it", she leans to the desk. I scratch the back of my head with an awkward smile. "I could marry her the moment I saw her! But hell! I'm not repeating any mistakes from the past. Maybe, I'll wait for a while before proposing to her. And t
Tiffany We stop by the nursery. It's one of the biggest nurseries in the city which I can completely believe by the way it looks. The boys run into the green surrounding and I and Sebastian slowly walk to see the plants. One of the workers accompany us, showing us all the kinds of plants we could use for decor. "I want the real ones", he says as I scan those plants which need no sunlight. They would be perfect for indoors."These are real ones too. These are just indoors", I say, watching his expression change. "But I still don't find the realness in them. You can take these. I'll look for others", he walks away to find his REAL plants as I shake my head at him in disbelief.We load all the plants we have got for the decor and Ryan and Kevin took two small ones to plant in the yard. Even though they won't be staying here, they wish to see it all grown up when they would occasionally visit. After that, we stop by a restaurant to have lunch. Surprisingly, Sebastian didn't suggest h
Tiffany We talked a lot today. I'm glad that I took this whole day out for him because we needed to have this conversation. I have finally decided to move in with him. Nonetheless, it'll come with more challenges and I'm ready for it. This decision will not only make our relationship stronger but also give me a world of my own. I can't wait to finally live my life in my own conditions and happiness. Sebastian asked me if he could help me anyway. But I refused to take any help from him as I did with John. It's my call to explore and look for opportunities which I'll be doing from today. I'm thinking about having a conversation with John again. I want him to change his decision of holding back until I settle down. Because that's impossible. I'll need a lot of time to clean the mess and organise my life and I think I'll surely do it if I have Sebastian.I'm glad that Sebastian understood me and more than that he trusted me enough. I'm scrolling through my phone to research the jobs I t